The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato

After a request from one of her most exalted clients to pose for a painter friend, Luciana, part-time model and full-time prostitute, agrees to pose for the central figure of Flora in Botticelli's masterpiece La Primavera. But when the artist dismissed her without payment, Luciana impulsively steals an unfinished version of the painting--only to find that friends and clients are slaughtered around her in an attempt to get it back. So Luciana turns to the one man who has never desired her beauty, novice monk Brother Guido Della Torre, to discover what could be so valuable about the painting. Fleeing Florence together, Luciana and Guido race through the seven cities of Renaissance Italy pursued by ruthless enemies who are determined to keep them both from decoding the painting's secrets.

Gloriously fresh and vivid, with a deliciously irreverent heroine, The Botticelli Secret is a masterful concoction of enticing mystery, historical intrigue and romantic adventure.

Genres: Historical Fiction - Italy - Mystery - Romance - Art - Renaissance - Thriller - Historical Romance - Italian/English Author